| A recent editorial in the San Jose
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| | 1,000 horsepower) would also be required
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| Mercury News focused on the pollution
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| | to meet fleet average emission rate
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| from diesel engines and the effect this
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| | targets for oxides of nitrogen (NOx).
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| is having on California's air quality.
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| | Both targets decline over time, requiring
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| "When it comes to air pollution from
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| | fleets to reduce their emissions even
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| vehicles, it doesn't get more noxious
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| | further. According to these proposed
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| than the soot from diesel engines. The
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| | regulations a fleet that is unable to
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| black particles accumulate in people's
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| | meet the NOx target, would have to turn
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| lungs, contributing to asthma, heart
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| | over more than 10 percent of its fleet
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| problems and thousands of deaths in
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| | per year. Turn over, as defined by CARB,
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| California every year. After more than a
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| | means to re-power with a cleaner engine,
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| year and a half of crafting the language
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| | replace a vehicle with a new or used
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| that will constitute the new off-road
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| | vehicle, designate as low-use or decrease
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| diesel equipment regulations, the
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| | fleet size. "With the current state of
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| California Air Resources Board (CARB)
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| | air quality in California, these proposed
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| will meet in Del Mar on May 25 to decide
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| | regulations are a move in the right
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| whether to adopt this language which
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| | direction," said Bob Carroll, CEO of the
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| targets what the Mercury calls
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| | Biofriendly Corporation. "NOx emissions
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| 'smoke-belching construction equipment -
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| | are a threat to the health of
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| bulldozers, graders and the like - along
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| | Californians and cost effective methods
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| with other "off-road" vehicles used at
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| | of reducing these emissions need to be
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| airports, ski resorts and warehouses.'
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| | found and implemented." Green PlusÂ(R),
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| Regulators would have to work with
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| | the liquid fuel catalyst produced by
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| affected industries to find ways to ease
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| | Biofriendly is currently in use in Mexico
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| the expense of retrofitting or replacing
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| | and other countries that aim to reduce
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| nearly 180,000 vehicles by 2025. Cost
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| | NOx emissions. Working at the molecular
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| estimates run from $3 billion to $13
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| | level to slightly "unbundle" complex
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| billion - a sum that could make this the
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| | hydrocarbon molecule clusters, it enables
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| most expensive air regulation in
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| | existing oxygen to reach the fuel and
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| California history, says the Mercury
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| | react with the fuel more easily.
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| editorial. The proposed CARB regulations,
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| | Improving combustion processes results in
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| which have been revised multiple times,
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| | a "positive domino effect" - that is, a
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| require a contractor's diesel engine
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| | more complete burn, a more linear burn
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| fleet to meet fleet average emission rate
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| | and a cooler burn. This in turn delivers
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| targets for particulate matter (PM).
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| | more power, more torque, better fuel
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| Large and medium fleets (greater than
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| | economy and fewer harmful emissions.
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